在某些时候,page->page_type 可以用来标示该页的用途,比如在内核中定义了以下 4 种 page_type:
/*
* For pages that are never mapped to userspace (and aren't PageSlab),
* page_type may be used. Because it is initialised to -1, we invert the
* sense of the bit, so __SetPageFoo *clears* the bit used for PageFoo, and
* __ClearPageFoo *sets* the bit used for PageFoo. We reserve a few high and
* low bits so that an underflow or overflow of page_mapcount() won't be
* mistaken for a page type value.
*/
#define PAGE_TYPE_BASE 0xf0000000
/* Reserve 0x0000007f to catch underflows of page_mapcount */
#define PG_buddy 0x00000080
#define PG_balloon 0x00000100
#define PG_kmemcg 0x00000200
#define PG_table 0x00000400
使用方法
通过 PAGE_TYPE_OPS() 宏为每种 page_type 定义 get、set、clear 操作,比如,针对 PG_buddy 有如下定义:
PAGE_TYPE_OPS(Buddy, buddy)
它涉及以下宏定义:
#define PageType(page, flag) \
((page->page_type & (PAGE_TYPE_BASE | flag)) == PAGE_TYPE_BASE)
#define PAGE_TYPE_OPS(uname, lname) \
static __always_inline int Page##uname(struct page *page) \
{ \
return PageType(page, PG_##lname); \
} \
static __always_inline void __SetPage##uname(struct page *page) \
{ \
VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageType(page, 0), page); \
page->page_type &= ~PG_##lname; \
} \
static __always_inline void __ClearPage##uname(struct page *page) \
{ \
VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!Page##uname(page), page); \
page->page_type |= PG_##lname; \
}
需要注意的一点是,在 page_type 中,如果某个属性位存在,则其对应的位取值为 0, 而不是 1,反之亦然。